- All right.
Finally getting the hang of this.
Okay.
So it's my last episode,
for now anyway.
But someone's getting shot at the end of this,
and this is the gun in the first act.
That's right, we will reveal our new host
by the end of this episode,
and I don't want to give anything away,
but when you guys see who it is,
you're gonna freak the hell out!
(gunfire)
Oh, that analogy came in handy.
What, that's the sound guy?
(electronic music)
Senior science writer and editor...
(beep)
Senior science writer and editor at Gizmodo,
Jennifer Ouellette,
has written one of my favorite reads in these last few years
of being a professional reader,
Me, Myself, and Why.
I recommend this book to anyone who's gotten tired
of the usual fluff found in self-help books.
Jennifer talks about what it means to be a human,
and she roots it all in scientific fact.
This book was the first book I have ever read
that made me realize I am not a freak of nature
and that ultimately, we're all weird as (bleep).
Now I'd be lying if I said that this was a light read,
however, Jennifer is an excellent science communicator,
and she makes it very easy to follow advanced concepts.
She also keeps a brilliant life science blog
under the avatar Jen-Luc Piquant,
entitled Cocktail Party Physics.
Follow her on Twitter @JenLucPiquant
and check out her book on Amazon.
Do it, do it now!
(electronic music)
Ah, Warmachine.
The main competitor to Warhammer 40K.
In this war-torn magic-wielding universe,
play either a Warmachine faction,
controlling giant steam punk war robots
that are dope,
or as a Hordes faction, controlling giant beasts.
Now what I love about this game is,
unlike Warhammer,
you can play a small point value game
with just a handful of minis.
They even sell us super convenient battle boxes
that come with playable armies right out of the box.
Now, being a Crix player myself,
I can attest to how fabulous this game is
and how easily it lends itself to an exciting narrative.
So, like, Warhammer is awesome and all that,
but ain't nobody got time for that.
And since this is my last episode,
I'm gonna do something I've always wanted to do.
Pew pew pew pew pew pew...
Fuck your game!
Team human.
Not today (bleep)!
Gallery Nucleus is a fantastic art gallery
based out of Alhambra, California.
They tend to focus on quite a lot of pop culture
and nerd culture-based art shows.
For example, last year I went to
an Avatar: The Last Airbender slash
Legend of Korra art show that they hosted,
and it was so choice.
Nucleus is great at featuring new and burgeoning artists,
and the best thing is, even if you aren't local,
all the art and all the prints go up on their website
and are available for purchase.
Seriously, you could spend hours getting lost on their site,
with all of the subversively nerdy pieces that they offer.
Here's my stick figure Korasami art.
Pretty stoked on it.
I think they'll accept it.
(electronic music)
That's it for my run here on Signal Boost.
I hope you guys get a chance to check out
all the stuff that I was able to share.
My time here has meant so much to me.
Let's take a look back over our journey
and remember the good times.
But enough of that.
It's time to announce the worthy successor to
the Antenna of Destiny.
Ladies and gentlemen, the moment we've all been waiting for.
Here's your host
for the next round of Signal Boost,
it's Nathan Fillion!
Hector?
- Sorry, sorry everyone.
- What are you, what?
I thought, you guys told me
you were gonna get Nathan Fillion,
or at least like a passable equivalent
for web formatting.
- All of the white and male models
were out of our price range.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, no (bleep), that makes sense.
- It's cool, dude.
I've got this.
- Oh yeah.
Oh yeah, you've got this.
- Yeah, yeah, I've played with one of these before.
- Yeah.
- Okay, cool.
So we're trying to do a show here?
- Oh, yeah, no, yeah.
- Boom, thanks.
- [Marisha] You're welcome!
- You're the best!
- [Marisha] No, you are.
- And I'm in.
Signal Boost!